on the other hand

== English == === Alternative forms === OTOH === Pronunciation === === Prepositional phrase === on the other hand (sequence, idiomatic) From another point of view. 1950, Bertrand Russell, acceptance speech for Nobel Prize in Literature I maintain, however, on the one hand, that there are few occasions upon which large bodies of men, such as politics is concerned with, can rise above selfishness, while, on the other hand, there are a very great many circumstances in which populations will fall below selfishness, if selfishness is interpreted as enlightened self-interest. ==== Synonyms ==== but, however, still, then again, yet, conversely, vice versa, on the flipside ==== Coordinate terms ==== on the one hand on the gripping hand (fanspeak slang) on the third hand (jocular) ==== Translations ====